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 Miret withAgnostic Front in 2016 | |
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| Birth name | Rogelio de Jesus Miret |
| Also known as | Roger Psycho[1] |
| Born | (1964-06-30)June 30, 1964 (age 60) Havana, Cuba |
| Origin | New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
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Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964)[2][3] is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist forNew York hardcore bandAgnostic Front,street punk groupRoger Miret and the Disasters, andhardcore band The Alligators.
Agnostic Front are considered to be "the godfathers of hardcore" and one of the bands that created the New York scene.[4]
Miret was born inHavana, Cuba.[2] He is the older half-brother ofMadball frontmanFreddy Cricien. The two have the same mother, who is of Cuban descent, and different fathers, hence the different last names.[5] Miret and his family fled Cuba to escape the Castro regime.[6] They came to the United States in 1968 and settled in New York.[2]
Miret was incarcerated on a drug charge in the late 1980s, spending almost two years in jail.[7] In a 2011 interview, he stated that he became involved in it because he was living in poverty,squatting buildings, and his then-partner was pregnant.[8] After being released, he started supportingPETA campaigns, as well as other non-profit organizations, and followed avegetarian diet for many years.[8][9]
In 2008, he said he no longer smoked or used drugs, except for an occasional drink.[10]
In September 2021, Miret revealed that he was diagnosed withcancer earlier in that year. However, after a lengthy hospital stay and surgery, the cancer is now inremission. AGoFundMe page was launched to help Miret pay for his medical bills.[11]
In 2012, Onno Cro-Mag (real name: Onno van Ravensteijn; d. 2013)[12] fromAardschok magazine of the Netherlands and Miret started thehardcore music record label Strength Records.[13]
With Jon Wiederhorn, Miret releasedMy Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory in August 2017. The autobiography chronicles Miret's career as the vocalist of Agnostic Front as well as his upbringing; it focuses on Miret's trials and tribulations growing up in 1980s New York City.[14]
Prior to joining Agnostic Front, Miret played bass forThe Psychos, who claimed in a 1984 interview that Miret was replaced due to the fact that Miret became "more devoted" to Agnostic Front and therefore "couldn't make rehearsals and so forth."[15]
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Stu Psycho: It wasn't a matter of our throwing [Miret] out of the band. It was a matter of his being more devoted to Agnostic Front. He couldn't devote his time to us. He couldn't make rehearsals and so forth.
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